Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 302: To ask the Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs the meetings, in Ireland or abroad, he has had for each of the past three years in an official capacity with Heads of State, Government Ministers or other representatives of governments from non-OECD countries; the date and location of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16526/08]

Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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In both 2005 and 2006 I held no meetings with the Heads of State, with Government Ministers or with or with other representatives of Governments from non-OECD countries. In 2007 I met with a delegation of Government officials from Azerbaijan on the 19th September 2007 in my Departmental offices in Dublin. In 2008 I met with a representative of the Indian Government Mr. Shri Anand Sharma, honourable Minister of State for External Affairs on the 17th March 2008 in Delhi as part of my trip to India for St. Patrick's Day. I was also the Government Minister officiating at a farewell ceremony for the President of Estonia Mr. Toomas Ilves on the 17th April 2008 in Farmleigh House.